Bad punditry = Good romance writing? "Liberals Hate Palin Because She's Beautiful"

[Boxlicker101]

As usual, you're making assumptions that have no basis in fact. I do recall the General Betray Us ad. That's when I quit contributing to Move on.org. I was disgusted that a liberal organization would adopt the tactics of Right Wingers like you who think political discourse benefits from name-calling. That fact that you're proud of your origination of the Usual Suspects label only confirms the shallowness of your intellect.

Amicus certainly did not originate the phrase. The earliest use I know of the phrase was in "Casablanca" when the chief of police calls on his minions to "Bring in the usual suspects." There was a movie in 1995 with that name, and the name was copied from "Casablanca." Ami was the first person I know of who used the phrase here.

People all over the political spectrum tend to use insulting plays on words all the time. How often do you see references to "Faux News" on this forum?

 

[IrezumiKiss]

People all over the political spectrum tend to use insulting plays on words all the time. How often do you see references to "Faux News" on this forum?

There may have been others. Whether it is insulting or not remains to be seen.

*chuckle*

 

[amicus]

I will proudly reference "Casablanca" as my inspiration.

ami

 

[Stella_Omega]

Deleted. I just can't argue with box. It's like arguing with jellyfish, or jello.

 

[DeeZire]

...People all over the political spectrum tend to use insulting plays on words all the time. How often do you see references to "Faux News" on this forum?

Faux News is the perfect descriptor for how Fox presents the news. If we were to look objectively at what Fox does, adding "News" to their moniker could be considered an insult to the intelligence of anyone unlucky enough to view their particular brand of propaganda.

The problem with all the name-calling is that the discussion of the issues gets sidetracked by emotional responses to the insults. Dr. M posted on this subject a few days ago, in reference to your comparison of wrestling to politics. Perhaps you should go back and read it again, this time taking notes.

 

[amicus]

It must be satire or irony when those who insist there is no objective truth, no right or wrong, no good or bad, use the term, 'objective', in their rhetoric.

Or perhaps the defintion of the word, (there are such things?), escapes the writer?



amicus

 

[Boxlicker101]

Faux News is the perfect descriptor for how Fox presents the news. If we were to look objectively at what Fox does, adding "News" to their moniker could be considered an insult to the intelligence of anyone unlucky enough to view their particular brand of propaganda.

The problem with all the name-calling is that the discussion of the issues gets sidetracked by emotional responses to the insults. Dr. M posted on this subject a few days ago, in reference to your comparison of wrestling to politics. Perhaps you should go back and read it again, this time taking notes.

Personally, I avoid calling names or stooping to personal insults, which is more than I can say for those I sometimes refer to as "The usual suspects." That is not particularly an insulting phrase, by the way, and if you google it, you will see what I mean.

In the post you reference, I refer to an announcer or color commentator, such as Jesse Ventura, ignoring the rules violations of The Bad Guys, but calling attention to the same things when they are done by The Good Guys. This is much like some posters here ignoring the violations of ethics by The Big O and other Liberals, but complaining about the same things, or lesser violations, being done by Conservatives. The Jesse Ventura types also ignored the many atrocities committed by the Viet Cong or North Vietnamese, while harping on the misdeeds of American troops. Now, they are ignoring the atrocities committed by Radical Muslim terrorists, such as blowing up mosques filled with worshippers or other public buildings, and harping about relative trivialities such as Abu Gharaib (Sp?)

My post making that comparison had nothing to do with insults.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Deleted. I just can't argue with box. It's like arguing with jellyfish, or jello.

Do you mean you get stung by my impeccable logic or you are unable to find a seam or a hole? Either way, I appreciate the compliment.

 

[DeeZire]

...My post making that comparison had nothing to do with insults.

I wasn't talking about your post, I was talking about Dr. M's. I suggest you read his post again.

 

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[Stella_Omega]

Do you mean you get stung by my impeccable logic or you are unable to find a seam or a hole? Either way, I appreciate the compliment. D

A dead jellyfish. Rotting on the oil-smeared beach at Pensacola.

Lime jello. Undercooked.

There are little holes in your mind, box. There's nothing left of you. Nada. You've become a content-less troll.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

It isn't a compliment.

Jellyfish don't have brains.

If he's outlived his usefulness, can we chop him up and put him in a salad? Jellyfish salad rocks.

http://edwindwianto.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/jellyfish-salad.jpg?w=395&h=200

 

[Carnevil9]

Sorry, gang; I had to step out for a few days. I'm glad to see that you've carried on the high standards of intellectual discourse for which the AH forum is known.......Carney

 

[Boxlicker101]

A dead jellyfish. Rotting on the oil-smeared beach at Pensacola.

Lime jello. Undercooked.

There are little holes in your mind, box. There's nothing left of you. Nada. You've become a content-less troll.

You don't cook Jello.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Sorry, gang; I had to step out for a few days. I'm glad to see that you've carried on the high standards of intellectual discourse for which the AH forum is known.......Carney

And with this post of yours to add to the cake mix, Carney, those high standards can only climb higher and shine brighter.......Zumi

 

[DeeZire]

You don't cook Jello.

How to Make Jello

1. Combine 1 cup cold water with gelatin powder in a bowl and set aside.
2. Combine the sugar and juice in another bowl.
3. Boil 1 cup of water. Remove from heat and add the sugar and juice mixture.
4. Pour the hot mixture into the water and gelatin.
5. Refrigerate until the jello is firm. This will take 1/2-2 hours, depending on how firm you want your jello

 

[Huckleman2000]

For those who didn't click through the OP, here's another taste:

I’ll never forget how the press fawned over Michelle Obama and relished the opportunity to proudly report the outrageous price of every piece of clothing she wore.

The double standard resides here: When Palin dresses in nice clothes reporters act like she’s being ostentatious, but when Mrs. Obama does it reporters are taken aback by her glamour. Yet the dirty little secret is that Palin could don a $90.00 dress from Wal-Mart and steal the show from a diamond covered Mrs. Obama any day, and the media knows it.

The coverage of Palin’s trip to this year’s Belmont Stakes proved the hatred for her beauty all over again as media outlets like the Boston Herald seized on the fact that she wore jeans, a “form-fitting T-shirt,” and a baseball cap to the track. The T-shirt alone caused bitter bloggers to ponder whether the former governor had had some type of cosmetic surgery performed. (To them, it’s just not fair that she looks so good all the time.)

So when a Keith Olbermann-type moron refers to Palin as an “idiot” again, or a Chris Matthews-type repeats his belief that she’s “frightening,” we just need to remember that the left criticizes that which they fear. We also have to keep in mind the fact that all the names they throw at Palin are really code words for “Dang, that woman looks good.”

OOOHHH, BURN!

 

[Stella_Omega]

So when a Keith Olbermann-type moron refers to Palin as an “idiot” again, or a Chris Matthews-type repeats his belief that she’s “frightening,” we just need to remember that the left criticizes that which they fear.

lessee.... So if Chris Matthews says that Palin is frightening, its because he kinda thinks she's frightening?

What amazing insight.

 

[Huckleman2000]

lessee.... So if Chris Matthews says that Palin is frightening, its because he kinda thinks she's frightening?

What amazing insight.

Yeah. This guy got a PhD. In Texas.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Boxlicker101
You don't cook Jello.

How to Make Jello

1. Combine 1 cup cold water with gelatin powder in a bowl and set aside.
2. Combine the sugar and juice in another bowl.
3. Boil 1 cup of water. Remove from heat and add the sugar and juice mixture.
4. Pour the hot mixture into the water and gelatin.
5. Refrigerate until the jello is firm. This will take 1/2-2 hours, depending on how firm you want your jello

That's not Jello. Jello is a specific brand of gelatin, and you prepare it by putting the packaged powder in a bowl and stirring in boiling water. Once the powder has been dissolved, add another cup of cold water, and chunks of fruit if you want, followed by refrigerating until it is set. You do not apply heat directly to the Jello.

What you are describing is similar, but not the same. That would be like saying you drive a Ford when you actually drive a Chevrolet. Similar, but not the same thing.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Boxlicker101
You don't cook Jello.




That's not Jello. Jello is a specific brand of gelatin, and you prepare it by putting the packaged powder in a bowl and stirring in boiling water. Once the powder has been dissolved, add another cup of cold water, and chunks of fruit if you want, followed by refrigerating until it is set. You do not apply heat directly to the Jello.

What you are describing is similar, but not the same. That would be like saying you drive a Ford when you actually drive a Chevrolet. Similar, but not the same thing.

This is a man desperate for attention.

 

[Huckleman2000]

I refuse to start another Sarah Palin thread, but...

Sarah Palin now compares herself to Shakespeare, of all people, since she doesn't know English. She also hasn't learned not to Twitter after drinking heavily, it would seem.

On Sunday, via the social networking site Twitter, the former Alaska governor asked "peace-seeking" Muslims to understand that the mosque will interfere with recovery from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

"Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand, Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation; it stabs hearts. Pls reject it in interest of healing"

Palin tweeted from her BlackBerry.
Earlier Sunday afternoon, Palin tweeted,

"Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate."

(But she likely meant "repudiate.")
Sarah PalinSix minutes later, Palin asked New Yorkers to reject the mosque. She wrote,

"Peaceful New Yorkers, pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin Towers site is too raw, too real."

Palin, who has 190,000-plus Twitter followers, deleted the original post with the misspelling and posted this note:

"'Refudiate,' 'misunderestimate,' 'wee-wee'd up.' English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it! "

eta: Just to be clear, I don't begrudge creative writers the joy of coining new words. The difference is that a creative writer is making a conscious choice to make a new word; Palin's new word was just an error made out of ignorance.

That is nothing to "celebrate".

 

[sr71plt]

On the other hand, "refudiate" is just too apt a sounding construct not to become an equally apt meaning. I can see it on banners at tea parties.

 

[Huckleman2000]

On the other hand, "refudiate" is just too apt a sounding construct not to become an equally apt meaning. I can see it on banners at tea parties.

Ugh. It probably will find its way to those banners, along with all the other misspelled words and incoherent phrases.

Sarah Palin strikes me as the sort of person who still calls it "Valentimes Day". It's like hillbilly ebonics.

 

[amicus]

'Never, in all the annals of time, have so few done so much for so many...', uhm, not a 'Winnie' quote, but thanks to the mass attempts by the left wing media to refudiate the entire existence of Gov. Palin, she is once again before the public without spending a penny or driving a mile.

Good on youse guys!



amicableus....(ah'l be darned, another new woid!) even rolls nicely on the tongue & lips..try it!